Manuel Pablo
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| Manuel Pablo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Pablo García Díaz | |
| Date of birth | 25 January 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Arucas, Spain | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Deportivo La Coruña | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Las Palmas | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998– |
Las Palmas B Las Palmas Deportivo La Coruña |
56 (1) 254 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1997 1997 2000–2004 |
Spain U21 Spain U23 Spain |
1 (0) 1 (0) 13 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Manuel Pablo García Díaz, Manuel Pablo (born January 25, 1976 in Arucas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña, as a right defender.
With incredible speed and stamina as his main assets, he also represented the Spain on 13 occasions.
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[edit] Football career
Canarian Manuel Pablo was only 22, when he joined Deportivo de La Coruña from hometown UD Las Palmas in the summer of 1998. He was signed together with Argentine striker Turu Flores, but was more or less considered a ‘bonus’ in this package deal. Pablo made his first division debut on November 15, 1998, a 2-2 draw at home against Deportivo Alavés, but faced serious competition from Armando that season. He played a total of 14 league matches, but displayed enough promise to prompt Deportivo to release Armando at the end of 1998-99.
He played 74 league matches from 1999-2001 and was a vital part of Depor's defense, as the Galicians were crowned league champions for the first time in their history. His performances earned him a debut in the Spanish national team on August 16, 2000, in a 4-1 away friendly defeat to Germany.
In his fourth season at La Coruña, disaster struck: on September 30, 2001, Pablo sustained an horrific tibia injury during the Galician derby against Celta de Vigo, in a televised match, after an unlucky tackle by Brazilian Everton Giovanella.[1]Eventually, he missed the rest of that season.[2]
One year later, he returned, playing 90 minutes against CD Corralejo in a Spanish Cup outing. On October 6, 2002, Pablo was offered a league return by then-coach Javier Irureta, playing the dying minutes of a 0-2 home loss against Racing de Santander.
In 2003-04's closing stages, Pablo proved he was fully recovered, as displayed in an excellent individual display on April 7, 2004, in a 4-0 second leg quarterfinal crushing of AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League. From 2004-05 on, he was the undisputed right-back at Riazor (although he faced stiff competition from Álvaro Arbeloa in 2006-07, until the latter departed for Liverpool F.C. in January 2007).
In the following two seasons, Pablo remained first-choice at his position, although he faced stiff competition from Laure in 2008-09. After lenghty negotiations, the 33-year old renewed his Depor link in a 2+1 deal, in mid-May 2009.[3]
[edit] Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1996-97 | Las Palmas | Second Division | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||
| 1997-98 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 1998-99 | Deportivo La Coruña | Spanish League | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||||
| 2001-02 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2002-03 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | 30 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 2004-05 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2005-06 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2007-08 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2008-09 | - | - | ||||||||||
| Total | Spain | 310 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 0 | 364 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 310 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 0 | 364 | 2 | ||
[edit] Honours
- Spanish League: 1999-2000
- Spanish Cup: 2001-02
- Spanish Supercup: 2000, 2002
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Deportivo profile (Spanish)
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- WorldSoccer stats
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